Best Of Ferndale 2012

EVENTS | FOOD | SHOPPING | PLACES | PEOPLE | SERVICES

The results are in! The people of Fern-dale and our loyal readers have cast their votes. Ferndale has several wonderful small businesses, many of which are the best at what they do. We have compiled a section to showcase our best local businesses, important people, and favorite events. Thank you to all who voted!

FERNDALE

OVERALL

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HAGGEN Northwest Fresh1815 Main Street(360) 380-9000haggen.com

Business

Floralescents2058 Main Street(360) 510-8933�oristbellingham.com

SCRAP-IT1526 Slater Rd(360) 734-1112scrapitwa.com

Thrive Community Fitness1859 Main St(360) 318-7506thrivecommunity�tness.com

Start-UpSmall Business

GreenLarge Business

Woods Co�ee1867 Main Street(360) 778-3128thewoodsco�ee.com

Customer Service

ALCOAIntalco Works4050 Mountain View Rd (360) 384-7061alcoa.com

Civic MindedHAGGEN Northwest Fresh1815 Main Street(360) 380-9000haggen.com

PERSON Gary Jensen,MayorTook o�ce on January 1, 2008

Local Elected O�cial

Ginger BurressFloralescents, Owner

Local Business Person

DININGSERVICESAccommodations1. Silver Reef Casino2. Super 8 Motel

Automotive Service1. Willands Tech-Auto2. Pete’s Auto Repair

Financial Institution1. WECU2. Peoples Bank

Real Estate Company Sterling Real Estate Group

PhotographyGeri DeZarn Photography

Insurance1. D&D Insurance2. Farmers Insurance, Ann Cline

Restaurant 1. Chihuahua 2. Lux Thai

Espresso/Co�ee 1. The Woods Co�ee2. Curb Shots Espresso

Bakery/Café1. Barb’s Pies & Pastries2. Carol’s Cake Design

Burgers 1. Grant’s Burgers2. Bob’s Burgers & Brew

RECREATIONPark/Playground 1. Hovander2. Pioneer park

Community Festival/Event1. Street Festival2. Old Settlers Picnic

Golf CourseShuksan

Meeting Place1. The Woods Co�ee2. Maggie’s Pub

SHOPPINGGrocery1. Haggen Northwest Fresh2. Cost Cutter Foods

Convenience: 1. Seven Eleven2. Ferndale Mini Mart

Gift Shop/Jewelry1. Allison Amy Jewelry2. Floralescents

Furniture1. Samuel’s Furniture2. Wilson’s Furniture

Clothing1. Find Your Fashion2. 2nd Avenue Sports

Florist1. Jensen’s Ferndale Floral2. Floralescents

PET SERVICEVeterinarian1. Glacierview Animal Hospital2. Whatcom Veterinary Hospital

Groomer1. Hot Dogz2. Purdy Paws Dog Grooming

Pet Supplies1. WFC Country Store2. Portal Way Farm & Garden

HEALTH/BEAUTY

Medical FacilityFerndale Family Medical

DentistPremier Dental, Dr. Linh T. Vu

Optometrist1. Vision Source, Dr. Mike Hovander2. Vision Plus

Pharmacy1. Rite Aid2. Haggen Northwest Fresh

Chiropractic1. Natural Way Chiropractic2. Rouse Chiropractic

Acupuncture1. Gentle Touch Acupuncture2. Shannon Freeman LAC, LMP

Massage1. A Better Way2. Silver Reef Casino Spa Hotel

Spa1. Silver Reef Casino Spa Hotel2. L & L Salon and Tanning

Tanning1. L & L Salon and Tanning2. Thrive Community Fitness

Hair Salon1. The Uppercut Salon & Boutique2. Hair by Terri

Barber1. Pioneer Barbers2. Gent’s Club Barbershop

Bar/Tavern1. Maggie’s Pub2. Main Street Bar & Grill

Live Music 1. Main Street Bar & Grill2. Silver Reef Casino

NIGHTLIFE

ARTS/FUNLocal Charity/Organization1. Boys & Girls Club2. Ferndale Heritage Society

Charity event1. Dollars For Scholars2. Boys & Girls Club Auction

Local Band1. South Bound2. Ferndale High School

Wedding Venue1. Ferndale Events Center2. Hovander Park

HOME/AUTOHardware/Lumber1. Ace Hardware2. True Value

Tires1. Les Schwab2. TDS

Body ShopGitts Auto Body

BY FERNDALE RECORD READERS

4050 Mnt View Road(360) 384-7061

BESTCIVIC MINDED

BUSINESSin Ferndale

Best Of


5675 Third Ave, Ste 102Next to Subway

BESTGIFT SHOP/

JEWELRYin Ferndale

Best Of


1920 Main Street (360) 312-8978

BEST

in Ferndale

Best Of

BAKERY


BEST

in FerndaleRESTUARANT

5694 3rd Avenue (360) 384-5820


5715 Barrett Road (360) 734-7832

BESTWEDDING

VENUEin Ferndale


1863 Main Street #101(360) 393-3190

BESTCLOTHING

STOREin Ferndale

FINDYOURFASHION.COM


2058 Main Street(360) 510-8933

BESTSTART-UP BUSINESS

in Ferndale

Ginger Burress

BESTLOCAL BUSINESS

PERSONin Ferndale


2076 Main Sreet # 2 (360) 739-9272

BESTACUPUNTURE

in Ferndale


948 West Laurel Road (360) 384-4626

BESTAUTO BODY

SHOPin Ferndale

GITTSAUTO BODY


1874 Main Street (360) 384-4482

BESTVETERINARIAN

in Ferndale


2054 Main Street (360) 312-9101

BESTGROOMER

in Ferndale

FERNDALE

THE 2012


5715 4th Avenue (360) 656-6882

BESTHARWARE/

LUMBERin Ferndale

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Best Overall Business: HaggenGrocery store involved with numerous community organizationsBy Brent Lindquist [email protected]

FERNDALE — It’s been a solid 2012 for the Ferndale Haggen store. “It’s been a great year,” store manager Dan Bowhay said. “It’s always so enjoy-able to be a part of this com-munity and all the things that go on here.” Bowhay has managed the store for almost four years, but has worked for Haggen itself for 41 years. He began as a courtesy clerk un-der Rick Haggen in Belling-ham, and grew up with the business.

“Ferndale is such a close-knit community that does so many events. I’ve worked in several towns, four Haggens. As I moved around. I’ve never seen a community like this anywhere,” Bowhay said. “Everyone is so caring and supportive of each oth-er. They have so many com-munity events and so many fundraising events for differ-ent causes that come up in the community.” Haggen itself has done a great deal to support the community and its under-takings as well. “Our primary focus is to be as supportive as we can be for schools and for fami-lies, so we get involved a lot with different events in all of the different elementary schools,” Bowhay said. “At the high school, we work with the leadership groups quite often. We advertise in their newspaper. We are happily involved in the Boys

& Girls Club and their events because that supports fami-lies in the area, and then with all the different events that go on with Pioneer Park downtown there with the Heritage Association and the senior citizen groups, with Hovander Park and the events that go on out there, the Street Fair. We try to be as supportive as we can be.” Bowhay said change in the grocery industry can be hard to spot, but there is always change to be seen, large or small. “It doesn’t seem like there are many changes year

to year in the food industry,” he said. “ But I can remem-ber back when we didn’t even carry bottled water. Now we have 27 feet of it. We’ll be doing some revamp-ing of some of our sections to expand. We have gluten-free products, which is probably one of the hottest trends in the grocery industry. We’re just trying to make sure we have the best quality prod-ucts that we have and give the best customer service for our customers and continue to grow and serve the Fern-dale community.” The store offers a vari-

ety of services along with the essential grocery offerings. These services include an ATM, Banner Bank, Chef Ex-press, dry cleaning, DVDX-press, Full Service Floral, Garden Shop, a gluten-free section, Hissho Sushi, an in-store bakery, the Market Street Café, Market Street Catering, Orient Express, parcel pickup, a pharmacy, self checkout, a Starbucks and a wine specialist. The Ferndale Haggen is open 24 hours a day, and is located at 1815 Main St.

Best Of


1815 Main Street | (360) 380-9000

BESTOverall

Businessin Ferndale

BESTLarge

Businessin Ferndale

BESTGrocery

Storein Ferndale

Thanks for the votes Ferndale!


BEST

in Ferndale

Best Of

TANNING

1730 Labounty Drive (360) 380-1151

Best Of


1731 Labounty Drive (360) 380-4660

BESTTIRES

in Ferndale


BEST

in FerndalePHARMACY

5655 3rd Avenue (360) 384-1551


BEST

in Ferndale

FURNITURESTORE

1904 Main Street(360) 384-3388


BEST

in Ferndale

GOLFCOURSE

1500 East Axton Road (360) 398-8888

Best Of


BESTACCOMODATIONS

in Ferndale

BESTSPA

in Ferndale4876 Haxton Way

(360) 383-0777


1820 E Main Street(360) 756-0021

BESTREAL ESTATE

COMPANYin Ferndale

Best Of


5683 2nd Avenue (360) 384-3042

BESTCOMMUNITY

EVENT/FESTIVALin Ferndale

Best Of

organized by


2008 Main Street360-746-8169

BESTHAIR SALON

in Ferndale

Best Of


BEST

in Ferndale

PET SUPPLIES

1720 Labounty Drive (360) 380-0578


2040 Vista Drive (360) 384-1584

BESTAUTOMOTIVE

in Ferndale


1867 Main Street | (360) 778-3128

BESTCo�ee/

Espressoin Ferndale

Best Of

BESTMeeting

Placein Ferndale

BESTCustomer

Servicein Ferndale

Thank You Ferndale for visiting our stores!We are here to serve you!

ferndalerecord.com • Wednesday, December 26, 2012 • 3BBest of 2012

Two-year-old business expanding into other recycling marketsBy Brent Lindquist [email protected]

FERNDALE — Brian Parberry has worked in the recycling business since way back in the 1960s, when he began working in his father’s scrapyard. What began as a small recycling buyback center has grown into Scrap-It, Bellingham’s largest recy-cling center. Scrap-it officially opened under Parberry En-vironmental Solutions Inc., in conjunction with the stor-age business Stow-It in 2010. “I just figured that the community needed an in-door scrapyard,” Parberry said. “Instead of battling against the elements all the time, like, if you imagine draining a car outside on a day like today,” he said in dreary December weather. In the two years since Scrap-It opened, the compa-ny has recycled about 6,000 vehicles, from Volkswagens to BMWs and Mercedes to semi trucks. “Then we’ll also do heavy equipment, farming equipment, logging equip-ment, front-end motorcy-cles, big iron — we do it all,” Parberry said. Parberry said people don’t often realize the ben-efit of scrap businesses like

his until they realize just how much scrap they have. “Some people just leave it laying around,” he said. “’I’m going to build some-thing out of that,’ they say. It just sits around and finally, boom, it goes to scrap and they get rid of it.” Scrap-It’s services ex-tend much further than North Whatcom County. The business provides scrap recycling to Bellingham, Ferndale, Whatcom County, Skagit County, Peninsula counties, San Juan Island and Island County, and more. The company’s scrap metal recycling services include non-ferrous met-als such as stainless steel, aluminum, copper, brass, insulated wires, lead, elec-tric motors and transform-ers. Ferrous-metal services include heavy equipment, steel, iron, tin, car bodies and farm and logging scrap. Scrap-It also performs au-tomotive, appliance, battery and electronic recycling ser-vices. With 2013 almost here, Parberry said he is looking to expand the business into other realms of recycling. Sometime in 2013, the busi-ness will begin paper recy-cling in addition to metal. Scrap-It is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays. The business’s phones are monitored 24 hours a day for emergency storage solu-tions. Scrap-It is located at 1526 Slater Rd. in Ferndale.

Best Small Business: Scrap-It

Barb Scogginsof Find Your Fashion.

Ferndale’s best clothing store!

Ginger Burress of Floralescents Ferndale’s best local business person and start up business!

Sharon, of the WFC Country Store, Ferndale’s

best source of pet supplies!

Ron Willand of Willand’s Tech-Auto, Ferndale’s Best Automotive Service!

The staff at WECU, Ferndale’s best financial institution!

Alex of Chihuahua, Ferndale’s best restaurant!

Ann Cline, President of Ferndale Chamber of Commerce, organizer of the Ferndale Street Festival. Voted best community event/festival!

The staff at Glacierview Animal Hospital,

Ferndale’s best veterinarian!

Geri Dezarn of Geri DeZarn Photography, Ferndale’s best photographer!

Dr. Allan Sheen of A Natural Way Chiropractic, Ferndale’s best chiropractic services!

Gayla Woodenlegs, of Gentle Acupuncture. Ferndale’s best acupuncture services!

Monica and Norman of Rite Aid.

Ferndale’s best pharmacy!

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